Cliff Maurer is out as Public Works director for the City of Santa Barbara, Noozhawk has learned. His last day will be Wednesday. Maurer was hired in June ...

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A brush fire started up Wednesday evening in an area of Santa Paula between the Santa Clara River and Highway 126. The blaze was first reported shortly before 7 p.m. in the 600 block of Acacia Road.

OTTAWA — Liberal leadership hopeful Mark Carney has secured the endorsements of four more current and former cabinet ministers. On Tuesday, Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu, Crown-Indigenous ...

At the conclusion of the second, Costner — a Santa Barbara local who co-wrote, directed, produced and stars in the film — will participate in a Q&A moderated by SBIFF executive director Roger ...

Jackson and the Ravens lost a heartbreaker to the Bills in the AFC divisional round on Sunday after Mark Andrews dropped what would have been a game-tying catch on a two-point conversion late in ...

Mayor Alan Webber has selected Mark Scott, a longtime serial city manager in communities throughout California, as his appointee to be Santa Fe’s next city manager out of a field of three dozen ...

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Tech mogul Mark Zuckerberg was in attendance at the inauguration of President Donald Trump on Monday. The billionaire CEO of Meta, formerly known as Facebook, was spotted at the Inauguration Day ...

Among the tech CEOs in attendance at the ceremony inside the Capitol Rotunda on Monday, Jan. 20 were Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos. The VIPs, seated side-by-side on the dais ...

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Oklahoma City Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault will be one of the coaches at the 2025 All-Star Game. • Get NBA League Pass TODAY • NBA All-Star 2025: Complete coverage Oklahoma City ...